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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la Unión |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S262 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-black and orange on white paper. At left, a street scene vignette shows a colonial Andean town with figures and architecture rendered in fine intaglio. At center, a large vignette presents two cherubs with musical instruments framed by ornate guilloche borders, with the bank title EL BANCO DE LA UNION in bold letters above and PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR beneath. The denomination CINCO PESOS appears in large orange letterpress text at upper left, upper right, and lower flanking panels, with serial number fields and signature lines for DIRECTOR and GERENTE at the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA UNION CINCO PESOS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CINCO PESOS Quito de 18 DIRECTOR GERENTE SPECIMEN 5 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in orange-red on white paper in a bold letterpress and geometric guilloche style. The central panel carries the bank name EL BANCO DE LA UNION in large serif letters within an ornate lozenge-shaped frame. The numeral 5 appears in circular medallions at the left and right, and the entire field is filled with intricate lathe-work patterns, repeating rosette borders, and Greek-key friezes. The imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK is present at both the top and bottom margins. |
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